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Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that 67 of the firm’s attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 directory of leading attorneys. The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc., is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 55,000 leading attorneys cast…
Thanks to efforts by two Shepherd alumni with long careers as public historians, three Shepherd University students were able to spend the summer working as paid interns through a new partnership with Antietam National Battlefield and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Mike Galloway, a recent graduate from Germantown, Maryland, spent the summer working at…
BlaineTurner Advertising (BTA), a full-service marketing and public relations agency, recognizes Art Director and Multimedia Specialist, Galen Shaffer, on 25 years of dedication and creative ambition. Shaffer is a 1987 graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and joined BTA in 1992 as a designer, where he immediately had the opportunity to learn 3-D animation…
Giving back to his alma mater is a way of life for West Liberty University alumnus Jack Adams. A 1963 graduate of what was then known as West Liberty State College, Adams earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and never forgot what he learned. He is proud to have made the lead gift…
West Virginia University is opening a new center for the humanities to support innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary faculty research in all humanities fields. Dr. Ryan Claycomb will serve as founding interim director. He most recently served as associate dean of the WVU Honors College. “Scholarly research faces defunding from the state and national levels, and…
That ticking sound you hear is “Gauley Season” approaching. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens the flood gates at West Virginia’s Summersville Dam on seven weekends in September and October the result is some of the best rafting in the world with 97 rapids Class III and above, including nine Class V.…